The first Korean I met (and my bosses husband no less) gave me the "aah...very handsome" spiel...they have a reputation for being rather preoccupied with appearances, so it wasn't really suprising.
After leaving my stuff at my place, I spent the first night at Kyle and Amys. We had some pizza, which was actually pretty good....and a large was like $5.99! I managed to fight off the jet lag and go to bed at like 10:30 Korean time. Kyle said I'd be up by 5 and I definitely was. But so was he, so we checked out the roof and went for a walk around the place.
The next morning (still feeling good) I went to school with Amy to check out the place. It was nice. Pretty small, 4 or 5 classrooms. The staff were all really nice. I'll put some pictures up later....
At school I was told I was much more handsome than the previous teacher....but lest I get a big head, I also had children burst out laughing, scream and point at first sight. That was an interesting experience....I got "Pinocchio" "Big eyes" and "Teacher! Dark Circles!" (their eye sockets don't have the same shape at all, so they think we have shadows under our eyes) Go figure. At least I wasn't alone. Apparently Kyle got "harry potter" and "mountain head" I think they've seen like three white people in their lives.
Speaking of foreigners, I haven't seen any....none. Until I went to Kyle's school and he teaches with a couple. But they don't count. I haven't seen any non-Koreans out and about. It's kinda weird not gonna lie. All the kids stop and stare.....sometimes with their mouth open...seriously....
If they're not too stunned they say 'haawllooow' or yell "way-goo" - (foreigner), some kids were running around the shopping aisle to get a look at us, pretending to look at auto accessories and sneaking glances. Some little kids don't see us until they look way up and then they stop dead in their tracks, or grab Mommy as hard as they can.
If you were wondering about the squid and the cow...Those are my landmarks to get home...which was a chore in itself believe me....I had a key, but I had only been there jetlagged in the dark and all the buildings look the same. My route home is past the pillars of doom, then the angry squid, turn right at the happy cow.
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Ha ha, pinocchio? They're really polite, eh? I mean, I've often thought the same thing but I would never tell you to your face.
I thought you looked a little weird when I first saw you too (when you were born!), but I think you've just improved with age - Dad
thanks guys
I think you're hot.
Colombian villagers will stop and stare, too. They're funny that way. It was strange in Argentina where everyone's tall and white, too. One is no longer an anomaly there.
I liked the bit about the happy cow. Tres cute.
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